Sweet and Lowdown

 

Sweet and Lowdown 1999

• Director: Woody Allen
• Seen by this director: Nothing but endless clips of his mysteriously popular films
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Sean Penn, Samantha Morton, Uma Thurman
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Sean Penn – This Must Be the Place, The Tree of Life, Milk, 21 grams, Mystic River, Pauly Shore Is Dead, I Am Sam, Being John Malkovich, Dead Man Walking, Carlito’s Way, Shanghai Surprise, Bad Boys, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
• Samantha Morton – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Elizabeth the Golden Age, Libertine, In America, Morvern Callar, Under the Skin
• Uma Thurman – Be Cool, Kill Bill 1&2, Hysterical Blindness, Tape, Les Misérables, Gattaca, Beautiful Girls, Pulp Fiction
• Why? The cast.
• Seen: 30 October 2022      

       If I had noticed that this was directed by Woody Allen, I wouldn’t have bought it. The clips I’ve seen from his films have not tempted me to see more. But with the cast, especially Morton, it might be worth giving it a try.

       It’s not. Penn is a thoroughly unlikeable character, Morton is a mute, Thurman is, well, I don’t know, I fell asleep.

       This will be my last Woody Allen film if I can help it, no matter who’s in them. 

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